New here? Introduce yourself!

[Dana Bauer (danabauer)]

Hi! I'm Dana Bauer. I'm a geographer by training and work as a product manager with the Overture Maps Foundation (OMF). My biggest goal in this role is to create a great experience for the developers, mapmakers, and data wranglers who are building things with Overture data.

I focus on documentation, developer tools, and user research, and I collaborate closely with Overture's engineering teams to shape our data, schema, and GERS. I also partner with Overture's marketing team to share the story of Overture with the world.

I love playing with my dog, taking epic walks in cities and in the woods, sharing movie and book recommendations, and making stickers for Overture. Reach out! I'm at dana@overturemaps.org.

[Alex Iannicelli (atiannicelli)]

Hey Overture Maps community! 👋 I'm Alex Iannicelli, and I'm so excited to be here with you all. I'm a software engineer, and while my background is in things like storage protocols and cloud infrastructure, I've also found a real passion for GIS. I genuinely love tackling complex problems, diving into data organization, and being part of the amazing open source community.

Here at Overture, I'm focused on making sure our data is top-notch, working on data validation, release pipelines, and the backend processes that help us ingest and standardize all that amazing Overture data. If you have any questions about our pipelines or the data itself, please don't hesitate to ask! I'm always happy to help.

Feel free to reach out anytime at alex@overturemaps.org, and you can also find me on OpenStreetMap as OldManCelli. Looking forward to connecting with you all!

[Jonah Adkins (jonahadkins)]

Hey 👋 👋 👋

I'm Jonah, the Cartography Lead @ Meta, and Co-Chair of the Divisions Task Force. Within Overture, I am most active in the Schema, Base Theme, Divisions Theme, and Developer Advocacy Task Forces, primarily to ensure cartographic considerations are included in our decisions and discussions.

[Stephen Epps (stepps00)]

Hello! I'm Stephen, a Geospatial Data Operations Analyst with Overture Maps.

My background includes working with open source administrative data, places data, and reverse-geocoding. Today, I work closely with Overture's various themes to improve data quality, evaluate third-party datasets, and support both data and schema maturation. I am also involved in Overture's release process.

If you have questions or comments about Overture data, you can reach me at stephen@overturemaps.org - looking forward to hearing from you!

[Jeff Underwood (jeffdefacto)]

Hey all, I’m Jeff Underwood. I’m also a Geospatial Data Operations Analyst here at Overture. I’m a geo nerd that has been in GIS roles my whole career and loves working with the open source community.

Within Overture, I’m most involved with places, addresses, and buildings at the moment but work on data quality across all themes. I have also been pretty extensively working with the addresses theme on data acquisition and ingestion.

Feel free to reach out to me at Jeff@overturemaps.org. Let’s talk data!

[Marc Prioleau (mprioleau)]

Marc Prioleau (Marc Prioleau (@mprioleau)) here. I have been the executive director of Overture Maps since May 2023 and worked with the team to start the project for 18 month before that. My background has been on the product management and business development side of the maps business with companies like Facebook/Meta, Mapbox, Uber, Cloudmade (extra points if you remember that one) and deCarta. Before that I worked on the location side of the business with SiRF Technologies and Trimble. It have been interesting to see the geospatial industry evolve from a specialized niche to a universal utility.
When I started at Overture, I was the only employee and wore a lot of hats but as the team has grown, I have been replaced by much more capable people. I remain as excited about the mission of Overture as I was at the beginning and have a strong sense that open map data can help the geospatial industry become easier to use and move ahead faster. I spend much of my time on organizational evolution, strategy and direction, outbound communications and a distressingly large amount of administrivia.
I really like the team we are building at Overture and I encourage you to reach out to them directly to get the best answers, but if you want to talk to me, I am at marc@overturemaps.org.

[Victor Schappert (vcschapp)]

Ahoy, mateys!

I'm Vic, a principal software engineer with Amazon Web Services. I'm an OG Overturer (?), having been "contributing" since the early days when we were just a press release and an intrepid band of confused geo nerds. I help out around Overture by chairing the Schema Task Force, which is the group tries to model the wondrous mystery of the real world into some kind of reasonable abstractions so we can have a working schema for our monthly data releases. You can check out our work in the schema repo and on the schema reference page at docs.overturemaps.org.

In my day job, I build highly-available web services for an AWS service called Amazon Location Service. My other main pursuits include entertaining Marc Prioleau (@mprioleau) with thorny questions, raising a tiny family, and playing the guitar very, very badly.

The best way to get in touch with me these days is by posting an issue or a pull request to the schema repo.

[Edoardo Neerhut (eneerhut)]

Hi everyone,

I am Ed, a Product Manager at Meta working on Maps and Location related technology. Prior to this I worked on a lot of open data and community related engagement for Meta and Mapillary. I'm based in the San Francisco Bay Area, but home is Melbourne, Australia.

My involvement with Overture has been focused on Developer Advocacy and particularly our External Engagement plan. If you have ideas and/or would like to be involved, don't hesitate to reach out.

[David Woolf (dwoolflf)]

Hi! I'm David, Program Manager for Overture Maps. If you need help getting access to internal resources or any questions about who's who and how we work together I'm happy to help.

[larryfreil]

Howdy folks,

I'm Larry, a Product Manager at Microsoft working on our Bing Places data team. Since I joined over 5 years ago I've been working on a variety of OSM and other open data projects at Microsoft. Before that I did research at Georgia Tech on technoligies and wearable computing for working dogs (think Search and Rescue or guide dogs) and Brain Computer Interfaces.

In Overture I've worked on a variety of things including GERS, transportation-tf, and now I am helping out by chairing the Data Working group, trying to make sure we are effectively solving our most important data challenges. Please don't hesitate to reach out questions, comments, or concerns, I'm active on Overture's Slack.

[Adam Lastowka (Rachmanin0xFF)]

Hi all!

I'm Adam, I just joined Overture as an intern this week! I'm thrilled to be here, and I'll be spending most of my time working on transportation and developer advocacy projects. The team has been incredibly welcoming and helpful so far!

I recently graduated with a bachelor's in physics, during which I worked with high-energy particle physics data & hardware. I love all things interdisciplinary, but my strengths probably lie in networks and data visualization. To get an idea of what my hobby / passion projects look like, feel free to check out my website!

You can reach me at adam@overturemaps.org, or maybe I'll contact you first -- I have a lot to learn! :-]

[Ryan Lopez (COF-RyLopez)]

Hey everyone, I'm Ryan Lopez, a Senior Information Technology Analyst with the Fresno County Department of Public Works & Planning. I'm proud that Fresno County is the first, and currently the only, public agency to join the Overture Maps Foundation. Our mission is simple: deliver the right data to the right people as quickly as possible.

I'm committed to representing public agencies in the best way I can to benefit us all.

[Daniel (RoboDonut)]

Hey Folks!!

My name is Daniel Smith. Professionally I am the Sr. Solution Architect at Wherobots where I do as much as I can to make our company and customers successful. Recreationally I am also the Sr. Solution Architect at Wherobots, lol.

Seriously tho, I am a geospatial enthusiast and map lover from a very young age. I suffered from motion sickness so I had to ride in the front seat and became the navigator for all family travels, yes with paper maps 🫨 . My love for geography and the dark arts of spatial problem solving has no bounds and I have been learning and using these skills for over 20 years.... I also collect and restore vintage European scooters!! Feel free to reach out any time daniel@wherobots.com

:)

[Jennings Anderson (jenningsanderson)]

Hi all, I'm Jennings, a software engineer at Meta. My passion for open geospatial data comes from a decade of researching the evolution of OpenStreetMap and collaborating with many great researchers in this space.

At Overture, I work on the base and buildings themes and help design and deploy GERS. Always happy to answer any questions related to these themes or Overture data in general. You can find me at jenningsa@meta.com

[Steve Moore - Esri (skmoore)]

Hi,

I'm Steve Moore and I'm a GIS Engineer at Esri working on the ArcGIS Online Content team. I've been with Esri for 13 years and previously worked on our Enterprise software products in Professional Services. I've been working primarily with open data for about the last 5 years and was previously involved with the OSM Daylight project. Within Overture I co-chair the Developer Advocacy task force and participate on a few other task forces. I focus a lot on adoption of Overture data and GERS as that's currently Esri's main focus with regard to Overture.

I'm based in Tucson, AZ and In my free time I try to keep track of my kids and like to cycle and hunt.

[Nora Anwar (Noraanwar)]

Hi data enjoyers,

I'm Nora, and I lead marketing and plan parties at Overture. My role is all about bringing people together and showcasing the incredible work happening across our community. I’m here to share your projects, amplify your voices, and celebrate your contributions.

I'd love to hear about your projects using Overture data: we could feature your work in our community newsletter or send you cool swag! I'm also eager to know what questions you have about Overture or what you'd like to see more of from us. Feel free to reach out anytime at nanwar@linuxfoundation.org or find me on LinkedIn.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

[Matt Travis (mtravis)]

Hi all,

I'm Matt Travis and I'm a data engineer for Addresscloud. I'm also British and as such don't like talking about myself too much so this doesn't come easy.

I've been working with Geospatial data (both open and closed) for around 20 years in both the government and the private sectors in the UK. Since joining Addresscloud I've been getting to know more about global data sources and the world of insurance. I'm also a big open source software enthusiast and help promote this through my work with OSGEO:UK chapter and FOSS4G events.
You can find me talking about open data, cloud native geo and DuckDB 🦆 on LinkedIn or bluesky

Overture came along at just the right time for us and it's been a privilege to be involved and see it grow. I continue to be amazed by the work you all do and happy to help where I can 🤗